Tire-support.



A. HARNISHPEGER.

TIRE SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 11. 1912.

1,062,462. Patented May 20, 1913.

INVENTOR flew/Mar flarfi/a/lfege ATTORNEYS j ALEXANDER finnm'snrneem. orEvA'Nsv-mLE, Ii'wbimafassxeuon or bun-HAL 'ro 'To all wizLo-m 'z't mayconcern:

'uosns A. STROUSE, or nvausvmpn, INDIANA.

-Beit known-that I; ALExANDnRHARM'sn- "imetn; a citizen of the UnitedSta te's,"and -a resident of Evansville in the--county of iVanderburgand State of .lndiana ha-ve invented a new and ImprovedTire-Support,

of which' the following is a full, clean-and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and 'improved tiresiipport 0r holder for use on the side or rear end-ofan automobile forsafely carrying one or moreextra tires held on afdernountable rim andar-.

"r'anged to permitof conveniently placing the -tire and its rim in.position' onthe support and carrying it safely along,

I' for replacinga-worn out-or bursted tire.

For the purpose mentioned use is made of. supporting-- means engagingthe 111116!" side of the. demountable rim to support the :latter and itstire, and means for moving I the said supporting means outward toclampingly engage the rim, or moving the. supporting means inward, or,releasing. the same to'allow of. removing the rimjand t re from thesupporting means. I I

diinent of the invention A practical emb is represented int-heaccompanying drawingsformin'g a part of this 'SpCClfiQfltlOll, in

which similar characters of reference indi-' rate corresponding parts-1nall the views.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of tire sup:

port as applied and showing a tire in suptendsupwardly and forwardlyanupright :bar Afland the said horizontal bar A is fastened by bolts Bor other fastening means to the sides or rear end of the body of the.automobile or other vehicle on which the tire su port is to be used.From the upper end. 0 the lWe A extends outwardly and transversely anarm D and similar arms I),

.D extend from the ends of the bottom bar'- A. Thethree bars D, D, Dare'adapted to beengaged'by the inner face of a deinountable rim Ecarrying an inflatable tire E to suplport the same, the said transversearms D, D being arranged at the corand to allow-ofiaemovirigthe-tirewhenever needed v Specification of Letters Patent. p t nt 2 191;,pplieation filed October 1 1 ,-1 912. Serial No. 725,231.

ners ofan approximately eduilateral triangle so as to' sl1pport the rim'Aat three. equidis tant-;po1nts.' Each of. the -b ars;D,.D,-.D

is preferably provided I at the outer edge 'wi th .:one or.more recessesor seats D" see .a ;view to support.thefsame, 'of-two'such A rirns'and'their qtires E.

f The arms D. each other byjli'nks or braces Ffand a simiar-ms D and D?with each-other, and this jlink F is f flreferably'ma'de in twojpar'tsF, F pivotally connectedwith each other by a pin-F aslplain'ly indicatedin Figs. land and for the rim E to fit in jvith fd' D" are connected O5."lar link pivotally connects .thev a-r'm D j with'the a tm D and a linkF connectsthep3. The p n c-0f the sectional-link F; f ;1s providm"'with' a" handle extension F. Y

Jterxni-nating. in; a transverse lug F -adapted to rest on Qtop-ofthe'link part F 'at the time theseotions F and F are in closed" orhorizontal position, asshown intheYdraw- K ng W-w n. heis ctional link'FF is 'inclosed position 'the arms D and D .a're

'forced in firm contact Withihe inner face 'of'therim E with-a view {toclampingl'y;

"engage the .rim withv the three arms D, D

and 'D to securely ho'ldtlierim and its tire in positionon 'the su'p' nI described 'theQ-rim and, its "tire. are held i is 'noticed'when ,theparts are; in the position against movement in. any direction-and'consequent-1y the ,rim and tire are safely sup Ported and arenot'liab'letobe lost. Nor-s :mallythe link parts F- and F are locked inclosed position by a padlock G passing through the handle F and the partF When it is-desired to remove the rim E and its tire mg a worn lit or abursted tire, ,thenthe whenever needed for replac upward into theposition shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, whereby the flink FF isopened'and the arms D and D are drawn toward each other outof'engageme'nt with the inner face of the rim E to allow of liftmg therim E off the top arm D and away from the other arms D and D In a likerim E and its tire Ecanbeplaced imposition on the arm D, after which thelink F is closed by swinging the handle F downward until the lug F restson the top of the link part F It is understood izhat n-n swinging thehandle F downward '1 arms D, D

the link F is closed, and in doing so the are. moved apart and into firmcontactwith The padlock G is then replaced to lock the sectio'nallink F2 against accidental opening.

The tire support'shown and described .is "erysimple and urable -inconstruction, can bereadily attached to a automobile or ther vehicleand, takes, up co ti l little room.

a It will be noticed thatfrio straps or similar fastening devices-arerequired for fastening the tire' in position on the support.

-Having thus described my invention, I

' claim as'new and desire to. secure by Letters Patent;

- .1. A support for 'a'tire on a demountable r1m, comprising a brackethaving a plurality of spaced transversely extendingi arms I adaptedtoengage the innerface of the rim, and links connecting ithe arms withthe bottom link each-other, one of the linksjbeing in sections'*pivo-tally connected with eachtother.

2'.-,A- support. for a tire on a demo-untahle rim, comprising-abrackethaving a plurality of' spaced transversely extending arms adaptedto engage the. inner face of the rim,

and links connecting the outer ends of the arms. with each other, one ofthe links be ing in sections pivotally connected wit-h each other, oneision forming a handle of the VSBCCIOIIS having an extenfor'openmg orclosing the sectional link.

.3; A support for a tire on a demountable rim,

rality of spacedtransversely extending arms provided with seats for theinner face of the rim to rest in, one of the arms being .ontop, andlinks pivot-ally connecting the outer ends of the said arms with eachother,

pivo-tallfy allow o opening or closing the bottom. link,

the inner surface'of the rim E to clampmgly engage the latter thusholdmg the rim and. its'tir'e securely 'inposit-ion.

comprising agbracket having a plu-' being made in' sect-ions connectedwith each "other to t .one of the sections of'the bottom linkbemanipulating the bottom link..

4. A support for a tire held on ademount-- able rim, comprising abracket,'transverse arms extending from the said bracket and triangleforengaging the rim at the inner face thereof, and" a bottom linkpivotally connecting the outer end- 0f the lowermost arms with eachother, the said bottomjlink being made in Sections pivotally connecteding the said bottom link.

5. A support for a tire held on a deport, a'n u'pwardly'andoutwardly-extending tom bar, arms extending t'ransi'erselyifrom the ends0- the said bottom bar, an arm extending rom theupper end of the saidgage the inner face of the'rim' of a wheel,

arms with each other, o-ne of t-he' lirik s bea handle.

name to this specification in-- the of two subscribing witnesses."

ALEXANDER H A RNI SHFEGERL IVitnesses Jonu' D. VELMAN,

presence PHILIP \V. REY..

mg provided with, a handle extension for.

With each other to allow of opening or 0105- mountable rim, comprising abracket hav ing. a bottombar for attachment to a sup-' 6. A tire support'of the character dearranged at the corners of an equilateral barprojectingfrom the center of the botupwardly and .outwardly extendingbar, "and means for moving the armsat the ends bar. toward or from each1 said arms being prorided with seats to en-- and links connecting theouter ends ofvthe ing made invsections pivoted together, one of thesections having an extension forming.

Iii-testimony whereof I have signed my,

